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If you are looking for historic Scotland there will be places where you know you've found it: Those places are the castles Many of them were built during medieval times and can tell interesting stories about famous people. The owners are usually very proud of their castles especially if a king or a queen visited them. So they open their castles for visitors and tell them about the popularity of the building and the famous persons who visited it. Some owners redecorated their castle and use it as a hotel now. It is very expensive to run a castle and those are two ways to earn money with these big old buildings A very famous castle is Balmoral Castle near Braemar in the Dee Valley. It's the summer residence of the Royals and every year from August to September the Royal Family leaves London to stay in the Dee Valley. The Queen has to stay in Scotland for at least three months a year by order of the Treaty of Union of the year 1707. Otherwise she would lose her status as Queen of Scotland. Then the tourists try to get a view of the gardens and want to see the Royal Family. Blair Castle near Pitlochry is around 7o0 years old, Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1844 and allowed the Dukes to have a private army. It is called "the Atholl Highlanders" and it's the only private army in Scotland that is still in existance today At the end of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh you can find Holyrood Palace, a castle known today as Queen Elizabeth I's official residence. It is used for banquets whenever the Queen visits the palace. A chamber in James V Tower is associated with Mary, Queen of Scotland who saw the murder of her secretary there. In 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart) held court at Holyrood Palace. Scottish casties are also famous for their ghosts. It is said that some dead people can't find peace and walk through the castles as ghosts. The following story is told about the Lady of Muchalls Castle, south of Aberdeen: There is a passage under the castle that leads to a cave on the seashore. Lady Muchalls' lover was a smuggler. One day she saw her lover's boat sailing into the cave. At once she ran through the secret passage to meet him but she slipped and fell into the water. By the time he had landed she was drowned. Nowadays she wanders the walls and you can hear a scrubbing noise as she brushes her hair for her lover Almost every castle has its own ghost story, telling the visitors that the ghost will appear at midnight. Have you ever heard about a Scottish ghost story?
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The first half of the text is a description of the castles from Scotland. It is said that many of those were built during medieval times and can tell interesting stories about famous people. The owners were usually very proud of their castles especially if a king or a queen visited them. The castles are opened for visitors and the owners tell them about the popularity of the building and many other informations. A very famous castle is Balmoral Castle near Braemar in the Dee Valley and it's the summer residence of the Royals and every year from August to September the Royal Family leaves London to stay in the Dee Valley. It is said that the Queen has to stay in Scotland for at least three months a year by order of the Treaty of Union of the year 1707. Otherwise she would lose her status as Queen of Scotland. Another amazing castle is Blair Castle near Pitlochry is around 700 years old, Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1844 and allowed the Dukes to have a private army. At the end of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh you can find Holyrood Palace, a castle known today as Queen Elizabeth I's official residence. It is used for banquets whenever the Queen visits the palace. And there is even a chamber associated with Mary, Queen of Scotland who saw the murder of her secretary there.

In the second part of the text it is written about the fact that Scottish castles are also famous for their ghosts. It is said that some dead people can't find peace and walk through the castles as ghosts. There is also a story told by the Lady of Muchalls Castle about a passage under the castle that leads to a cave on the seashore. Lady Muchalls' lover was a smuggler. One day she saw her lover's boat sailing into the cave. At once she ran through the secret passage to meet him but she slipped and fell into the water. By the time he had landed she was drowned. Nowadays she wanders the walls and you can hear a scrubbing noise as she brushes her hair for her lover. In the end it is sad that almost every castle has its own ghost story, telling the visitors that the ghost will appear at midnight. The text ends with the question : "Have you ever heard about a Scottish ghost story ?".